Mine detail: Blevin Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.58258, -81.09342

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Iron, Pig Iron, Titanium, Metal
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Fries Fault
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW031224
DEP10080138
Reference{Deposit:: RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMANN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.}{Deposit:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.}{Deposit:: 1972 GEOLMAP D.W. RANKIN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL DEPOSIT MINED FOR IRON.}{Production:: STOSE AND STOSE (1957, P. 188).}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)